The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-09-29
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LdIotIo and Lying Campaign slsndsrS OF
the Ohio state Journal.

LdIotIo and Lying Oampalgu slsnderS Of
the Ohio state Journal,
The Obi State Journal in its issus Of
September 90, has undertaken (fOr Q
consideration, doubtlees,) characterize
tic piece Of Hnscrupul0us political VII
lainy. Il belongs to the class Of jour
nails that do dirty work (the dirtipr the
more willingly and eODgenially) for
dirty wages. The occasion Of Its latest
effort is as follows: 1l-f
The Democratic Campaign Committee
has taken pains to put before the far
mers Of Ohio complete and ungaTbled
reprint Of Governor FOrakeF's Special
Message to the Legislature, dated April
6, 1885, In which he urges that there be
ian immediate revaluati0n Of real es
tRte,' on the ground that the present
valuation Of real estate rarely ex.
ceeds 70 per cent. and ranges
downward from that point as low
as % per cent. Of its true value"
The dissemination Of this document
among those when 1t directly concerns,
whose character and whose interests II
attacks, has caused great CONSERVATION
among the managers OF that peculiar
kind Of Republicanism which Governor
Foraker AID his campaign committee
represent.
When men like the present State Rail
road Commissioner, the State Librarian,
the Governors Secretary and the Clerk
of the Supreme Court think IL cOmpsti-
BILE with honor and common honesty to
draw salaries from the public treasury
while they are neglecting the public
services and devoting their time and en-
ergy to conducting Governor For8ker's
personal campaign, there Is no lower
de- 0 to which they can descend. Lying,
fraud, forgery, any other crime imsgin-
ed to be necessary to the attainment Of
the desired end, may be committed with
Just as little compunetiOn of conscience.
Indeed, to speak of conscience in such
q connection is almost an abuse OF Ian
guage. When, therefore, the State
Journal (Which was never known to
support anything, least Of all the Re-
publican ticket, until paid for IT., comes
forward and prints Ehe idotlc charge
that the Democratic Campaign Commit.
tee has issued "mangled" editions Of
the Foraker message, changing words
and figures, emitting and inserting
passages, to suit Its party purpos- |
es. (and when the Columbus cor
respondents Of the Cincinnati CONNER
ciai and the Cleveland Leader repeat 1
the charge In precisely the same Ian
we may know that the thing was |
up In the eddled brains Of FOr.
aker, Cappeller and Company, and paid |
for with good money at 80 much line.
The Foraker gang OF Republicans feel
that they have been badly hurt In ten
der spot, and no amount Of grimscing \
and lying on their part will serve to
cover up their patent fact.
The Democratic Committee has sent
out, and will continue to send out, the
document In all Its original
completeness, exactly as 1t is printed In
The official record, the Journal OF the
Ohio Senate for the session Of 1885, on
pages 359 to 1863, without the omission,
or insertion of single word,
figure, or punctuation mark. (The Sen
ate Journal can probably be found l
The Office of every County Auditor In the
State, and any citizen may compare the
message as sent out by the Democratic
Committee with the Originally
If the exact and naked truth hurts
Governor Foraker, he has nobody to
blame for It bat himself. And 1t will
lot help him 10 have his henchmen lie
.bOQt II.